Saudi Arabia’s Ibn Sina methanol unit set for turnaround in 2013

12 January 2011 09:36[Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS)--National Methanol Company (Ibn Sina) plans to hold a turnaround of its 950,000 tonne/year natural gas-based methanol plant at Al-Jubail in Saudi Arabia in 2013, a company source said on Wednesday.

The plant was shut down for maintenance in April 2010 for 2-3 weeks and the next maintenance shutdown is due in 2013, the source added.

The plant is a joint venture between SABIC (50%), PAN Energy (25%) and Hoechst-Celanese of the US (25%).